RAW VIDEO: Democracy protest for Egypt in Monticello

MONTICELLO — They are thousands of miles away, but some Americans are reaching out to the Egyptian people.

More than a dozen local residents waved signs and chanted for America to condemn the military coup in Egypt and restore democracy there.

"We're here to help bring freedom and democracy to Egypt again," Dr. Waleed Ahmed said Saturday at the corner of St. John Street and Broadway in Monticello. "Who's going to stand up for them? They aren't animals; they are people, and that's what connects us."